Wheeled motor carrying attachment



Jan. 13, 1953 A. E. BURKHARDT 2,625,230

WHEELED MOTOR CARRYING ATTACHMENT Filed Feb. 7, 1950 Patented Jan. 13, 1953 HEELED MOTOR CARRYING W ATTACHMENT Adolph E. Burkhardt, Poland, Ohio Application February 7, 1950, Serial No. 142,817

3 Claims.

This invention relates to lawn mowers t more particularly to a device that may tached to a lawn mower to convert the same a WI]. mOWBl. lirincipal object of theinvention is the provision of a device for convertin a lawn mowel r o eration. h gi rihei object of the invention is the pt vision of a simple and effici devlce for d1 i a lawn mower and includin means for movmg ntrolling the lawn mower.

s till further object of the invention is the provision of a device for attachmentto a lawn mower, the said device including driving meaglils, steering means and means for Ca y e provision of a power lawn mower incorporating a driving wheel and means for rotating the driving wheel and braking the same.

The device for attachment to a lawn mower for converting the same for power operation as disclosed herein comprises a relatively simple and inexpensive construction capable of adaptation to almost any reel-type lawn mower whereby the same may be moved and turned as desired in cutting a lawn. The ordinary hand lawn mower as known in the art includes a stationary blade and a revolvable reel mounted on a suitable framework and carried by a pair of ground engaging wheels and a transversely positioned following roller. Ordinarily such a lawn mower is provided with a handle for manual operation.

In adapting the same for use with the invention as disclosed herein the handle is removed and a transverse frame unit substituted to provide a central pivot point through which the lawn mower is subsequently moved by the device of the invention. Additionally, a steering lever is attached to the lawn mower so that it can be steered as desired. The lawn mower actuating device disclosed herein includes novel means for driving the same and effecting the necessary clutching and braking action.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodir ment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure l is a top plan view of the power lawn mower attachment.

Figure 2 is a side view of the power lawn mower attachment. 7

By referring to the drawings and FIgure 1 n particular it will be seen that a lawnmower umt is disclosed which includes a framework I0 supported on a pair of ground engaging wheels Hll and a roller 12 and includes a fixed blade l3 and a revolvable reel M for engagement against the fixed blade I3. As is known in the art forward motion of the lawn mower umt rotates the wheels H which are geared to the reel l4 so thatIiEimi s revolved rapidly with respect to the bla i L5 V g;

In th pre closure a secondary frame d at the sides thereof to the framework IQ. of vertical portions l6 and'a guard I l and a pivotal connection It located midway between the ends of the frame e pivotal connection I8 provides means for attaching the forward end of a main frame 19 as, for example, through a trailer hitch p g 20 to the secondary frame [5 on the lawn mower unit.

The main frame I9 i with the exception of th which is triangular.

a transverse brace 2| tending foot rests 24 and a motor positioned on the generally rectangular foremost end thereof The main frame I 9 includes a pair of transverselytex- 22, a seat 23, a transverse axle mounting plate 25 reciprocally said main frame l9. The transverse axle 24 is secured to the frame H) by means of suitable journals 26-26 and has a ground engaging wheel 21 located midway between the journals 26-26 and partly in under the seat 23. The frame I!) also has a pair of axle brackets 28 positioned thereon and depending therefrom and carrying a transverse axle 29 having a pair of outrigger wheels 393ll thereon. Thus, the frame I9 is carried on a three-point suspension comprising the main driving wheel 21 and the outrigger wheels 30 while the foremost end of the frame I9 is carried on the lawn mower by way of the secondary frame l5 as heretofore described.

An internal combustion engine 3| is mounted on the plate 25 and its driving pulley 32 is connected with a pulley 33 on the transverse axle 24 by means of a V-belt 34. In order that the plate 25 and hence the engine 3| can be moved relative to the pulley 33 so as to tension the V-belt 34, a connecting rod 35 is attached to the plate 25 and runs forwardly along the frame l9 to a lever 36 which in turn is pivoted to the 3 4 frame i9 and has an upstanding motor control and a belt connecting said pulleys, a lever pivoted arm 31 secured thereto. on said frame and a rod connecting said lever By referring now to Figure 2 of the drawings with said plate whereby said plate and engine it will be observed that the lever 36 and, the conmay be moved rearwardly of said frame for tennecting rod 35 are so arranged that when the sioning said belt so as to drive said ground enlever 31 is moved rearwardly of the frame l9, gaging wheel, a forward portion of said plate that is, toward the plate 25 and the engine 3 comprising a brake shoe, said brake shoe dependthe rod 35 will move the plate rearwardly a ing from said plate and registrable with and the pivotal connection of the rod 35 with the lever engageable by said ground engaging wheel, said 35 Will e p Wi h a p v 33 y means of which 10 plate being movable forwardly of said frame by the lever 36 is pivoted to the frame l9. This said lever and rod whereby the brake shoe enefiectively locks the connecting rod 35 and the gage said ground engaging wheel and the belt lever 36 in extended position so that the plate tension is sirnultanegusly 1 25 and the engine 3i thereon tension the V-belt 2 A device for driving lawn mower n om- 4 and m ion is conveyed from the pulley 32 to rising a vehicle having a longitudinally extendiihe P ey 33 and hence the ground engag ing frame, a coupling at the forward end of said wheel 21. The motor control arm 31 is mounted frame far tt t t said 1 m e a. at the left side of the frame 19 and On he DD driving wheel intermediate the ends of said frame site or right side of the frame l9 there is a steerand midway between t sides thereof an lng lever 39 which is connected to a steering rod 20 gine mount d on the r a end of aid frame for 40 which in turn iS pivoted at its foremost end longitudinal movement thereof aid engine Ionto the seco da y frame 15 at a point gitudinally spaced from said wheel, a brake shoe It will thus be seen that an operator seated on Secured t said engine and depending therefrom the seat 23 can control the device, through the and in longitudinal alignment t and adapted medium of the two levers 31 and 39 steering the 25 to be engaged by said driving wheel, a pulley on device With the e er 39 a d engaging the and driven by said engine and a pulley rigidly sine with t driving W l through the level secured to said wheel and an endless belt inter- Additionally, the de ice may be Stopped by connecting said pulleys, and means for bodily ing the lever 31 forwardly so as to move the conmoving Said engine and brake Shoe toward d necting rod 35 forwardly and hence the driving away fr m said driving 1,

plate 25 and the engine 3|. When this occurs The device for driving a l mower as t a braking surface 42 is moved into engagement f th in claim 2 and wherein the means for with the ground engaging WheQllLLd a braking bodily moving he engine and brake shoe comacfion results l prises a mounting plate movable longitudinally It will thus besemthat a'sim and emcient of the said vehicle, the engine a power lawn mower attachment 9 een disclosed V 1 which may be readily attached to a w paeanda i Q U v u d to said rod for matured 1n lever on said frame connecte nd law. @011 With'a particularly moving the same sa d a d e s i g r ite d for the same. In either event, driving 40 brake shoe gg g gg E B UI RKHARfiT unit. action is imparted to the lawn mower It will thus be apparent that the several ob REFERENCES CITED he power the invention have been met by t l he gi I l iiiower attachment disclosed herein. The followmg references e of record in t Having thus described my i ven im Wh t I 15 fil of this patent;

NTS l A device for driving a lawn mower compris- Nigg FATE Date '11 '9, vehicle having a longitudi extending fgg g Slater Apr 25, 1905 i sine a plate on the rear end of said frame and 6 ,097 schneiagr July 1923 I longitudinally thereof an engme on 1,4 600 s uires et a June 1, 1937 2 1 3 ground enga i Wheel ioumaled Hayes Oct 3, 1944 $11 said frame and spaced forwardly of said gilt-i 3,222,567 Atwood-:1 Ma 1949 gine, a pulley 0n and driven by 531d engme 2:479'015 McHugh Aug 16 1949 a pulley secured to said ground engaging wheel, 

